American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses

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abolitionist work book nonfiction book slave narrative compilation

American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses is an 1839 abolitionist compendium that exposes the brutality of slavery in the United States through extensive firsthand accounts and documentary evidence.

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American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	abolitionist work ⓘ book ⓘ nonfiction book ⓘ slave narrative compilation ⓘ
aim	to expose the brutality of American slavery ⓘ to provide documentary evidence of abuses under slavery ⓘ
author	Angelina Grimké NERFINISHED ⓘ Sarah Grimké NERFINISHED ⓘ Theodore Dwight Weld NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn	letters from slaveholders ⓘ newspaper advertisements ⓘ southern newspapers ⓘ testimonies of formerly enslaved people ⓘ
compiler	Angelina Grimké NERFINISHED ⓘ Sarah Grimké NERFINISHED ⓘ Theodore Dwight Weld NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
editor	Theodore Dwight Weld NERFINISHED ⓘ
format	pamphlet ⓘ
genre	abolitionist literature ⓘ political literature ⓘ social reform literature ⓘ
historicalPeriod	antebellum United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	Uncle Tom's Cabin NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
method	compilation of firsthand accounts ⓘ use of documentary evidence ⓘ
notableFor	extensive use of primary sources ⓘ impact on public opinion about slavery ⓘ systematic documentation of slaveholders' own words ⓘ
pages	approximately 224 ⓘ
placeOfPublication	New York City ⓘ
politicalAlignment	abolitionist ⓘ
portrays	economic exploitation of enslaved labor ⓘ family separations under slavery ⓘ physical violence against enslaved people ⓘ sexual exploitation under slavery ⓘ
publicationYear	1839 ⓘ
publisher	American Anti-Slavery Society NERFINISHED ⓘ
shortName	American Slavery As It Is NERFINISHED ⓘ
structure	organized by topics such as food, clothing, labor, and punishment ⓘ
subject	abolitionism ⓘ human rights abuses ⓘ slavery in the United States ⓘ testimonies of enslaved people ⓘ
title	American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedBy	American Anti-Slavery Society NERFINISHED ⓘ abolitionist lecturers ⓘ

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